STONE INTARSIA

By Paul Davis

Pictures are ocean jasper from Madagascar, framed with beige marble from Italy and black onyx from Brazil.

Greetings

A love of rocks and minerals has been a passion of mine from a very early age. Over the years I have put together an extensive collection, and it has served to drive my artistic side.

I have traveled the globe to find truly exotic stones. Stones that have character and display very interesting pictures. These stones are of high quality and rarely seen in jewelery today.

Pictures are montana agate from Montana (left) and fire agate from Arizona, framed with beige marble from Italy, red jasper from Brazil and starburst rhyolite from Mexico.

The stones are then made into Intarsia (also known as Pietre Dure) which is an art form that is like mosiac work but without the visible seams. Each inartsia piece is unique with a character of its own. Because of this, each piece is initialed, dated and numbered.

Apart from being one of the few practitioners of this art form, I am internationally known for my work, with many of my intarsia works displayed in fine mineral, lapidary and jewelery collections.

(04-E27) Picture is deschutes jasper from Oregon, framed by beige marble from Italy and black onyx from Brazil. $460.00

The Smithsonian Institute considers Stone Intarsia as a contemporary North American art form.

Please do enjoy...

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